放牛

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Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (放牛)		放	牛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fàngniú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ ngau⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵faon-gnieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fàngniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fàngnióu
  - Wade–Giles: fang⁴-niu²
  - Yale: fàng-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqniou
  - Palladius: фанню (fannju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong³ ngau⁴
  - Yale: fong ngàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ ngau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong³ ngeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ ŋɐu̯²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵faon-gnieu
  - MiniDict: faon^去 nyeu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²faan-nyieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fɑ̃³³ n̠ʲiɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

放⫽牛 (verb-object)

to graze cattle; to put cattle out to pasture

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 睇牛
(Gan, Eastern Min) 䁐牛
(Hakka, Teochew) 掌牛

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